Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08

PICTURE FRAMES are cheap NJ Clapp q Joness. |
furnished room 10 let CIV. WILCOX.
BraIIIebOrO.
The little maple sugar which has been
brought in this week has sold for IL to Il |
,ents per pound, according to quality.
A party of twenty or more from this vii
age INDUCED In progressive euchre and
warm sugar at Mr. and Mrs. G, l.. Pettee's
in West Brattleboro on Wednesday evening.
Rev Mr. Daniels, the evangelist who la
bored here last spring, preached at the
Methodist church Sunday morning, and also
lectured on Sunday, Monday Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings with much acceptance
The superintendents of schools, at their
annual meeting at Newfane Tuesday, ap
pointed Saturday, April 2fd, for the spring
examination of teachers, and saturday,
Nov 90, for the fall examination. Seventy
per cent was made the average required,
and forty five per cent the minimum, the
same as last year. The following persons
are elected upon the county board Of exam
iners: Prof. II. d. Ryder Of Bellows Falls,
Prof H. B. Lawrence of Townshend, and
Rev. c. II, Merrill of West Brattleboro.
The annual parish meeting of St Michael's
Episcopal church will be held in the church
ON Easter Monday evening ut 800
The Grand Army boys are saying among
themselves that they have always recOgniz
ed Comrade Selleck as a man of versatility,
but they admit that they were surprised
when he developed as IA solo singer at their
last meeting.
Lee * Shepar's Faster booklets at Clapp
x ,Innes's.
There were nearly 100 in the chorus at
the musical festival rehearsal last evening
and very marked advance i'll the charac-
ter OF the singing was noticeable. Every
singer in town is cordially invited To Join
the chorus
The executors Of the Hannibal Hadley
estate have bought back from Dr. Tucker
the lot on High street which was sold to
him last year, and purpose to build on IT
the coming season two houses of good size
and creditable appearance for rental. Each
! house will have two tenementS with mod
ern conveniencea.
Mr.. Chaplin, the druggist, has rented DIR.
! Diapers house on Asylum street for term
of five years and will remove there May LIST
The Estey Guard have received their
new rifles and drilled with them last even
| ing for the first time. They are of the lat
est Springfield pattern, A. calibre, witt
globe sights, blue steel barrels and bayonet'
and no polished parts. Tho weight of CUR
and bayonet is 10 lbs, four ounces less thar
the old ones. None of the equipments have
yet arrived. Quartermaster General Gil
more has directed Capt. Childs to forward
the old guns to Major Spooner of the Yer
mont academy at Saxtons River, to be useC
in drill by the boys of that school.
The linen folks" sugar supper at tht
Universalist church vestry last evenin!
was success in every way. The gentle
men walters served the saccharine fluid il
a manner that would have done credit u
the gentler sex and large crowd was mad
happy. After the supper W. s. Hudson
on behalf of the officers and teachers Of tn
Sunday school, presented Mr.. and Mrs
Whitney with an elegant photograph al
bum, which is to contain a cabinet size pic
ture of each one of the givers. Both of tn
recipients responded briefly to the presen
tation. A meeting of the members of tn
Murray club in the church parlor followed
and Mrs. Whitney, president Of the clul
was still further surprised by the presents
ton of French clock by Luther Plummel
I for the members. A committee was chose
to make preparations for May party,
to be given on or about the first of May.
Mr.. Tracy, the bookbinder, has arrived
and is now busily making ready for bus
ness in his quarters on Flat street,. {
Eddy is in town from the west.-Linn Ia,
lor is home from Florida this week. I'll
steamer in which he came to New Yor
: was out in all Of the great gale which pr
: vailed on the coast at the end of last wee
1 and was off Hatteras when it was at i
worst.-C. q. Johnson formerly car il
I spector at Brattleboro, IL reported az doiu
y a successful cracker business at Sioux Fall
Oak. j. q. TAYLOR has taken a speci
agency for the Hartford Life x Annuit
insurance company and will make Brattl
: boro his headquarters His territory Q
tends north from Springfield Mass, al
includes the whole Of Vermont
F. A. Hubbard has bought out w
A Newcomb and has removed his watch-r
pairing and iewelry business to the store
:, Hooker block today. Mr. Hubbard h
4 done II successful and growing business
i his window in browns store, and his frien
4 will now be glad to see him in one of 4
= handsomest stands ON the street, where
! will have ample room to give them satisfa
4 tory service in all respects Mr.. Newcor
I will probably remain in town, but his pla
!. are not yet announced,
?, The new book of Brattlehoro 10 be ssu
/ by the board of trade viii contain ilustI
g tons of public buildings and of interesti
points of natural scenery,
z j. A. Church is blasting out buildi
It stone in the rear of his steam mill, both
le the sake of having the stone and for I
Improvement Of his mill yard.
IS Fenton Brothers, for the past IL yei
Of A al ~.
ID deceased, have bought the business "a
y will continue it at the old stand On Ma
d street.
The annual meeting of the Prospect i
P Cemetery association was held Tuesd
evening at WIN, S. Nswtnn's office, VIII
y officers for the coming year were elected
follows: Geo. +, Gale, president; WIN.
IL Newton, clerk r. Bradley, A. G. Dav,
e. port, Geo, L, Greene, f. H. Harris, j.
Be Estey, Leander Thomas, trustees A.
Davenport, treasurer. The treasurer's
81 port showed that nearly all the debts
y, been paid and there remained in the tire
ury the sum of "a, 413,7 10; in the Verne
II Savings bank, for the perpetual care of l.
aS s1763. as; special deposit, the gift of NJ
Sarah g. Chaplin, $1,000; total, 81, 5272
20 -Four persons received the rite of bapti
last Sunday evening at the Baptist chur
M Rev. Mr.. Parry officiating
v Patrick Flemming has bought of W,
:. Cune the so called Wilkins house on Cir,
nd street. Price about $500,
20 AT a meeting of the school commit
held on Monday evening the attention
IN the teachers of all the village schools
e. called to the new law which oompels
ot teaching of temperance In every pu
IN school in the state and arrangements "
m outlined under which the study viii be I
oil en- up with the new text books provided
'er the state.
The fifth anniversary of the marriage
Mr., and Mrs. Walter Goddard was the
Pc casion of pleasant surprise last Tues
his evening, when some 80 or 60 friends
hid neighbors called at their residence ON ca
as, street 10 extend congratulations. b.
happy coincidence several valuable arti